Robert Falcon Scott Sunday

[Doggedly]

Hi, all. I did CUOP, but am going to jump in instead of replying. I have paid bills, washed some dishes, and plant to load the breadmaker next.
Our first snow of the season has started. It's not coming down heavily, but I can see that it is staying on the leaves of the trees and the grass. It is wonderful to watch when you have nowhere to go. I am in the enviable position of having no plans, no shopping to do, and no laundry planned. Okey, I would love to wash my new jeans, but I'm not going anywhere near the laundry rooms on a Sunday when half of them are out of order for renovations.

Sunday
Cleaned up after dog X 4
FACEd Finances: paid bills
FACEd Finances: worked on budget sheet
Put away dry dishes
Swapped out kitchen towels
Washed dishes
Put more dishes in to soak
Wiped down counter
Set up breadmaker
Tried to open the pdf with the recipe for cornbread. Adobe declined to participate.
Opened pdf under browser, which worked perfectly and which will be my first choice in the future
Started loading breadmaker
Realized that I have no coffee made, and that last time the breadmaker shared a circuit, it blew a fuse.
Filled/started coffee maker.
Started the last container of coffee. Time to gird my lions and face a trip to Costco. Not today though. Costco on a Sunday? Worse than the laundry rooms.

[Peaches1000]

Next:
-Change downstairs air filter
-HH OT - 5 min
-Benefits - 10 min
-Amex activity - 5 min

Extras:
-Monday - HH OT
-Wednesday 1:30 - Dr B
-Thursday - HH Nurse
-Monday - Call to sch 4 hr test
-Tasks - (benefit options by 14th)(amex activity)(DH reim)(air filters) (DS tasks)
-Declutter/organize/clean - 10 min
-Files/Med Info/Papers/Emails - 10 min

Routine:
-Gather dirty laundry/sort
-Laundry #1 to washer
-Laundry #1 to dryer
-Laundry #1 hang/fold
-Put away laundry

-Cat - brush/food/water/litter
-6pm Eat
-Close blinds
-Open & sort mail/file
-Prep for next day (clothes/calendar)

Done:
-Bedroom - pupa
-Dress/ready
-Foyer Bath - pupa/restock
-Fresh food for kitty
-Open blinds/get water
-10am Eat (ensure)
-Medicine/vitamins
-Phone DH
-This & that
-Check email
-Update Toodledo
-Check bank accts/Amex
-Confirm bill pay/update
-Restock ice
-Vacuum something
-Catch up DS

[trissie]

nobody's too old for unicorns, helia! and certainly nobody's too old to get some cheering up by hearing somebody laugh.
Bama, weather forecasts are sometimes like a peek to an alternative universe!
glad you're feeling better, L.Ann!
kittykatt, how many do you expect to participate in the parish Christmas lunch?
hi Peaches!
Dogged, will you need to leave your house anytime soon?

TaDas
- 30 in living room
- start dinner
- homework with kids

ToDos
- evening routine
- feed breadstarter
- deal with today's laundry

Braindump
food
- dinner
- bake something sweet
- cookie baking with DBD?
organization
- pay therapy bill
- house insurance status?
- rework contract with DS14's therapist
- order printer cartridge
- review meds and order
- homework and backpacks
- DBD's speech therapy
- 15 on filing
cleaning
- spiff up twins' room
- spiff up DBD's room
- spiff up DS13's room
- spiff up master bedroom
- spiff up master bathroom
- spiff up kitchen
- spiff up living room
- spiff up downstairs bathroom and hallways
- spiff up office
laundry
- load of linens
- ironing
- folding
- mending
- laundry put away
me time
- 15 of exercise
- Bible study
- reading
garden
- decide where and which bulbs to plant
- hopefully plant some
- pruning of rose bushes
House&Holidays - I kinda really should do something about it
- week 1 deep cleaning - office
- week 3 deep cleaning - DBD's room
- week 5 deep cleaning - DS14's room
- week 6 deep cleaning - twins' room
- week 7 deep cleaning - master bathroom
- week 9 deep cleaning - living bathroom
- week 10 deep cleaning - kitchen
- week 11 deep cleaning - pantry
- week 2 Christmas tasks
- week 3 Christmas tasks
- week 4 Christmas tasks
- week 5 Christmas tasks
- week 6 Christmas tasks
- week 7 Christmas tasks
- week 8 Christmas tasks
- week 9 Christmas tasks
- week 10 Christmas tasks
- week 11 Christmas tasks

[Doggedly]

As it turns out, trissie, I have just opened my last container of coffee, which means a looming crisis. I will have to go out for that at some point, LOL. My db has been telling me that Costco has the best deal on coffee, but I kept finding better buys in grocery stores. However, the grocery stores keep shrinking the containers and increasing the price, so I think that I will have to face a trip to Costco. But not today.
Also, I have a concert on Thursday, which will be worth leaving the apartment for.

[Kittykatt]

How nice that you're able to stay all warm and cosy, and watch the snow, Dogged!

Trissie, I've ordered 20 buffet meals from the caterers, as I'm really not sure how many people will participate. But, I've sold /allocated 9 tickets today, and I know one lady who wasn't here today wants three tickets, so it's looking encouraging. (I can always order more meals if needed, the important thing is to cover the costs. There will be an upper limit of how many people we can accommodate, due to fire regulations, but I need to discuss that with the churchwardens.)

I think I'm just about done for today. I've written what I think is the final draft for my report to the CMA. I'll leave it overnight , check it again in the morning and then email it.

[Doggedly]

Your Christmas lunch is really coming together, Kittykatt--a testament to your hard work.

[Kittykatt]

Thank you, Dogged! Of course, I've already had some complaints about the day/ date/ time not being convenient. But parish lunch is always on a Thursday, and the "regulars" often have other commitments on other days, so if we moved it, they wouldn't be able to come. Also, 3 elderly ladies have signed up for the Christmas lunch, and they wouldn't go out in the evening this time of year (too dark/cold/ wet etc). I'm quite resigned that we're never going to have a date that suits everyone.

[Kittykatt]

To do:
Cuddles and snack for Matilda, Jude and Freddie
Bible reading and meditation
Update latest Waitrose order
Cup of tea
Get up!
Scrub out litter trays (DH)
Change sheets on bed
Shower/wash hair/moisturiser and sunblock/ clean and floss teeth
S/S bathroom
Physio exercises
Get dressed in casual clothes
Give everyone fresh water
Cat breakfast and meds /supplements
Breakfast and meds /vitamins for me
Quick kitchen clean up
Hang up towels that washed overnight
Load DW
Quick PUPA downstairs
Quick dust and Hoover downstairs
Change into smarter outfit
OTD to church
Back home again, change back into casual clothes
Meat in oven
Hang up sheets to dry
Coffee with DH
Put potatoes to roast
Put up my vitamins and supplements for the week
Weigh out Jude's and Matilda's dry food for the week
Ice cupcakes
Quick PUPA upstairs
15 minutes in tiny front garden
15 minutes in back garden - not today, too wet!
Dish up lunch
Walk Freddie
Lap time with Freddie
Lap time with Jude
Lap time with Matilda
Head rubs with Freddie, Jude and Matilda
Play with Freddie, Jude, Matilda
Fold laundry and PA
Run DW when full
Unload DW
Post list with my plans for the week
Clothes laid out for tomorrow

Extras:
Work on photos
Work on CMA Report
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[Kittykatt]

Getting ahead for the week!
To do:

Appointments:
Monday: DH to office
At home for me
Tuesday: DH WFH
8.45 am vet - Freddie - Solensia injection - check bet is still happy for Fred to receive his boosters the following week (I know we have to leave a week between, but I need to check the guidelines haven't changed)
6.30 pm choral society -DH
Wednesday: DH to office
At home for me
Laxapet for Jude and Matilda
9 pm Final touches to Waitrose order
Thursday: DH WFH
10.30 am church followed by coffee and chat
Any errands?
Can I return shoes before church?
2pm weight loss clinic c.- Jude
Hoover car first thing? ( Weather permitting!)
Bring blue crates up from garage
6-7 pm Waitrose delivery
Laxapet -Jude and Matilda if not done yesterday
Friday: DH WFH
At home for me
Saturday:
*Text DF E re coffee tomorrow*
Sunday:
Church 9.30 am
Take tickets for Christmas lunch with me
Coffee with DF E?
Laxapet Jude and Matilda
Set up new Waitrose delivery

Future dates to note:
11/11 Freddie Solensia appointment
13/11 Jude weight check
5/11 order inhalers
1/12 order meds
15/12 order HRT
19/11 12.30 pm funeral for DH's DAunt S

Outstanding deliveries:

Extras:
Find Freddie's vaccination certificate for next week
Print copy of email showing order for shoes I'm taking back
Put pictures back WIP
Make notes for report for CMA - 15 minutes - need to finish this and get it sent off THIS WEEK
Order new orthotics - wait until ankle settles
Can I do 15 minutes of decluttering in the bedroom each day?
Digital decluttering- Google Photos for 2024 and 2025
Pick up my footprints
House tasks: Replace the bit of mortar that's fallen out of the edge of the roof (I think its called the verge? Can this wait until next year when we get the house painted when a roof ladder will be in place?) I need for it to stop raining before I ask anyone to come and look!
Verge and ridge tiles on garage roof
Sort out cabinet that wobbles - does the back need some sort of bracing ?
Fix dripping kitchen tap (new washer ?)- DF E has given me the phone number of her plumber . I think DF CW also has a plumber she is happy with?
Take up and hem those thick winter curtains for the kitchen
Book eye test for me
Sort prints and put in albums (this will probably be an activity to do on wet days!) WIP I am now working on 2024
Think about setting up Guardianship for F,J and M - looked on Cats' Protection, I need their microchip numbers, approximate DOB, colour and markings and useful information about them. Bookmark link with local recommended solicitors (also ask DF CW?)
Change health centres to the one nearest us? On hold ATM , but I'll leave it on my list so I don't forget.

To do:
Early morning:
Cuddles and treats on the bed with Matilda, Jude and Freddie
Cup of tea
QT
Lightbox session
Make bed
Shower / wash hair/ moisturiser and sunblock/ clean and floss teeth
DH launched
Physio exercises and back exercises
Proprioceptors exercises X1 x2 x3
S/S bathroom
Get dressed
Breakfast and meds / supplements - me
DRINK WATER #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8
Check bank account
Go for my walk

Garden:
15 minutes in tiny front garden
15 minutes in back garden

Cats:
Cats’ breakfast and meds / supplements
Fresh water in cat bowls
Scoop cat trays
Check Jude’s bowl
Check Matilda's bowl
Walk Freddie
Lap time with Jude, Freddie and Matilda
Play with Jude, Freddie and Matilda
Head rubs with Jude, Freddie and Matilda
Cats' supper

House:
Rubbish down to wheelie bins
Kitchen clean up
Unload DW
Reload DW
Run DW when full
Unload DW
PUPA downstairs
Quick dust sitting room
Quick hoover downstairs
PUPA upstairs
Quick dust bedrooms
Quick hoover upstairs
Lunch
Supper
Lay out clothes for tomorrow
Journal three things I am thankful for today
Hand cream

Extra house tasks:

Monday:
Clean bathroom
Clean spare room
Clean bedroom
Wash throw on spare room bed and cat blankets

Tuesday:
Clean hall
Clean sitting room
Clean stairs
Empty hoover before starting work
Wheelie bins back when dustmen have been
Filing paperwork for 15 minutes

Wednesday:
Clean kitchen

Garden extras:
Water pots
Feed pots weekly
Prune roses - 25 done, 1 to do (the totals might change as this time of year I assess what hasn't done well, and whether it gets another chance, or whether it's time to say goodbye!)

Financial:
More work on budget

Parish Christmas Lunch:
List names of those people who have requested tickets so far (9+3)
Encourage people to actually buy their tickets!
Liaise with caterers nearer the time

[Doggedly]

You are so right about the realization that you can't please everyone, Kittykatt, and that way lies sanity.

My major triumph of the day was to get down on my hands and knees to check for dog messes under the bed, and was thrilled to find none. And to get back up from the floor.